GSM/UMTS Deployment, Optimisation and Planning

This course is designed to highlight many of the optimisation and planning techniques and references required for optimal usage and reliability on both GSM and UMTS networks. Setting and measuring KPIs for Traffic Engineering, PS Data engineering, multiservice engineering, Capacity planning and optimising capacity, including Location update, network performance and roaming. It will also discuss the KPI and Layered Optimisation Approach, identifying the main KPIs, Voice Service Optimisation, Video Telephony and PS Data service optimisation. We will also discuss the use of VoIP and VoIP performance issues within a cellular network and touch on 3G LTE concepts and deployment.